Netflix said on Thursday that YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will take on former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium on July 20. The fight between Paul, 27, and Tyson, 57, will be streamed live on the streaming site. Tyson hasn’t competed since he and Roy Jones Jr.
Paul became a popular YouTube influencer and four years ago, he started boxing professionally.
Against mainly unremarkable opponents, he has prevailed in nine out of ten fights, including six knockouts. The WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s half-brother Tommy Fury was the opponent he lost to only last year. From 1987 until 1990, “Iron Mike” Tyson held the unchallenged title of heavyweight world champion. He retired in 2005 with 50 victories, 44 of which were via knockout.
With the goal of becoming a world champion, I now have the opportunity to show myself against the greatest heavyweight champion in history, the most dangerous boxer on the globe, and the baddest man on the earth. Paul posted on X, the former Twitter, saying, “Time to put Iron Mike to sleep.”
On the undercard of Tyson vs. Jones was Paul’s second professional bout. Ryan Bourland was knocked out by him last Saturday in his most recent bout.
